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i just spoke with senator rob portman, he played the president in all of romney's debate, mock debate performances, preparing for this debate and he said he believed tonight's debate changed the dynamics of this race and the romney that we saw on that stage is the romney we're going to see for the next five weeks. he's going to take this message, this effort to connect the specifics he used, the discussion about his record in massachusetts and his proposals on that campaign trail. he said you're going to see that in weeks weeks to come. romney talking about the specifics of his propose as and connecting with the american people. >> pelley: jan, thank you. cbs news coverage of the first presidential debate of 2012 will continue from denver in just a moment. university of denver with our coverage of the debate. by design, tonight's debate was all about the economy and jobs and, of course, both candidates had very different views on the path for america's future. let's have a look at just a moment when both of the candidates were talking about tax policy a creating jobs. >> there is wher
i just spoke with senator rob portman, he played the president in all of romney's debate, mock debate performances, preparing for this debate and he said he believed tonight's debate changed the dynamics of this race and the romney that we saw on that stage is the romney we're going to see for the next five weeks. he's going to take this message, this effort to connect the specifics he used, the discussion about his record in massachusetts and his proposals on that campaign trail. he said...
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president obama and mitt romney debate foreign policy. we'll look at the world of trouble facing the commander in chief. reports from nancy cordes, jan crawford, john dickerson, david martin, kelly cobiella and bill whitaker. dean reynolds on the battle for ohio. why it could decide the presidential election. paper couldn't stop bullets. a woman shot to death in wisconsin had a court order against the suspected gunman. can the courts protect women? michelle miller has the story. and lance armstrong is officially stripped of his titles. we'll talk to a close teammate about the system of doping that brought down a champion. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. reporting tonight from boca raton, florida. >> pelley: good evening from the debate hall at lynn university. 15 days before america elects a president and a new cbs news poll out tonight finds 11% of likely voters are uncommitted. that means they haven't made up their minds or they could still change them. they will decide this election. and it
president obama and mitt romney debate foreign policy. we'll look at the world of trouble facing the commander in chief. reports from nancy cordes, jan crawford, john dickerson, david martin, kelly cobiella and bill whitaker. dean reynolds on the battle for ohio. why it could decide the presidential election. paper couldn't stop bullets. a woman shot to death in wisconsin had a court order against the suspected gunman. can the courts protect women? michelle miller has the story. and lance...
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elley: tonight, we'll talk to the esident and mitt romney about their first debate here in denver. >> governor romney has shown himself to be a very good debater >> pelley: do you think the debates are make or break for you? >> pelley: plus nancy cordes, john dickerson on what could be a turning point in the race. bombs are turning one of the world's most historic cities into rubble. at least 40 dead today. clarissa ward on who's behind it. most americans take supplements, but do they work? dr. jon lapook has the results of a new investigation. and anthony mason with unforgettable debate moments. >> there you go again. >> who am i? >> you're no jack kennedy. >> pelley: so give a listen. >> i'm all ears. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting tonight from denver. >> pelley: good evening, president obama and mitt romney meet here tonight on the stage behind me at the university of denver at the university of denver for their first debate. the stakes are high because 34 days before the election this race is still up for grabs. the latest po
elley: tonight, we'll talk to the esident and mitt romney about their first debate here in denver. >> governor romney has shown himself to be a very good debater >> pelley: do you think the debates are make or break for you? >> pelley: plus nancy cordes, john dickerson on what could be a turning point in the race. bombs are turning one of the world's most historic cities into rubble. at least 40 dead today. clarissa ward on who's behind it. most americans take supplements, but...
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mitt romney basically has to just repeat what he did in the first debate. defining president obama, saying no more four years of this guy, and here, i have a plan for the future. >> and have they cleared up this idea that either two candidates don't answer what the question ask that the moderator can ask the question again? >> i think we'll have to wait until game time to see what happens with that. there's been all of this back and forth with both sides working the referee in. this case, candy crowley of cnn, who will be moderating the debate. she says she's not a potted plant. so i think she'll step in. but they want to make sure that she's fair to both sides and they have a context this they want to complain after the deba debate. >> i keep hearing that candy crowley says i didn't agree to any of these rules. does this format benefit either candidate, do you think? >> i think you can argue it either way. both have done well in town hall settings and both have done poorly. it's just going to depend on how they operate in the time, in the moment. we've had
mitt romney basically has to just repeat what he did in the first debate. defining president obama, saying no more four years of this guy, and here, i have a plan for the future. >> and have they cleared up this idea that either two candidates don't answer what the question ask that the moderator can ask the question again? >> i think we'll have to wait until game time to see what happens with that. there's been all of this back and forth with both sides working the referee in. this...
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might be a debate ated this month, john? that's clearly what newt gingrich wants. >> he would love that but the romney campaign has gone back into that kind of careful mode again. they don't want to debate. he did quite well. we should remember he did well in a lot of these debates and in the last two in florida. >> schieffer: apparently the campaign thought he was getting too much publicity. >> didn't him to get too much credit. i think a debate would be nice for us. i don't think it's going to happen. >> schieffer: back in a minute with some final thoughts. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's hea
might be a debate ated this month, john? that's clearly what newt gingrich wants. >> he would love that but the romney campaign has gone back into that kind of careful mode again. they don't want to debate. he did quite well. we should remember he did well in a lot of these debates and in the last two in florida. >> schieffer: apparently the campaign thought he was getting too much publicity. >> didn't him to get too much credit. i think a debate would be nice for us. i don't...
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the second debate, i thought obama had a stronger debate than romney, but still, you know, for an undecide voter, especially on economic,the president didn't do all that well because he isn't talking about what he's going to do in the next four years. tomorrow night is fascinating. because in truth, these guys don't disagree all that much on all this stuff. they essentially have the same positions on foreign policy. this business about the-- you know, the libya consulate has been like the october mirage. it really isn't an issue. and so once again, tomorrow, obama's going to have a very strong position because his foreign policy has been largely successful. in terms of substance, but in terms of style, he still has to climb-- re-climb the mounten and make a convincing case to the american people that they will be more comfortable with him in their living rooms. >> schieffer: where do you think the electoral map is? >> the national polls are completely tied, basically. the "wall street journal"/nbc has a poll out today, 47-47. this election is brought to you by the number 47, apparently. an
the second debate, i thought obama had a stronger debate than romney, but still, you know, for an undecide voter, especially on economic,the president didn't do all that well because he isn't talking about what he's going to do in the next four years. tomorrow night is fascinating. because in truth, these guys don't disagree all that much on all this stuff. they essentially have the same positions on foreign policy. this business about the-- you know, the libya consulate has been like the...
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romney won that debate. tid president obama turn it around tonight? it appears he did. look at this. we asked those 500 uncommitted voters immediately after the debate who did they think won? 37% said president obama, 30% said governor romney, about a third called the debate a tie in their eyes. both candidates came out pretty well in terms of answering questions. we asked the people in our survey which candidate bid the best job -- sorry, we asked them did they give direct answers to the questions. 55% said president obama did, 49% said governor romney did. here's where it gets interesting, though, is on the issue of the economy. who won the economy tonight? well, first of all, we asked which candidate would do a better job of handling the economy. after the debate, 65% said governor romney, 34% said president obama. obama actually improved slightly from before the debate. but now things get interesting when you asked who's better for the middle-class. something that was talked about a lot tonight. when you
romney won that debate. tid president obama turn it around tonight? it appears he did. look at this. we asked those 500 uncommitted voters immediately after the debate who did they think won? 37% said president obama, 30% said governor romney, about a third called the debate a tie in their eyes. both candidates came out pretty well in terms of answering questions. we asked the people in our survey which candidate bid the best job -- sorry, we asked them did they give direct answers to the...
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there's no question and the polls reflect that romney helped himself in his debate. you heard what frank luntz just said about that kind of instant poll that he ran. but are you seeing any polling yet that suggests that the vice presidential debate made any difference in the race, not on who won or lost? >> no, not really. i think we see, you know, this-- the race overall now in the national polls you see the average of them romney's up by a point or two. he was behind by three points or so before that denver debate. in the battleground states some have turned -- colorado, florida is looking better, ohio is a little tighter, the president is still up there. that's all because of denver. i don't think we've seen anything in this-- the debate field like it went into the automatic sorting machine of this election where we already had, the right took from it what they wanted the left took what they wanted, and the swing voters may have been a little offended by biden but they're not going to make their decision-- >> schieffer: i'm going to ring the bell for round two. >>
there's no question and the polls reflect that romney helped himself in his debate. you heard what frank luntz just said about that kind of instant poll that he ran. but are you seeing any polling yet that suggests that the vice presidential debate made any difference in the race, not on who won or lost? >> no, not really. i think we see, you know, this-- the race overall now in the national polls you see the average of them romney's up by a point or two. he was behind by three points or...
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after that first debate, the race went from dead even to a slight but steady lead for governor romney-- though within the margin of error. but now have a look at this. the latest gallup poll out today shows he has opened a four-point lead over the president, 50% to 46%. that is outside the margin of error. so a small but genuine and growing lead. and this was surprising today. gallup shows that in the tossup states that are likely to tip the balance, romney has cut deeply into one of the president's major strengths. he still trails mr. obama among women, but now by just a single point. we'll see if later polls bear that out. we have a team of campaign 2012 correspondents covering the debate and we're going to go first to jan crawford with the romney campaign. >> reporter: well, scott, if you look at these polls, one of the reasons it's so striking to see governor romney's increased support with women voters is that earlier in this campaign he trailed with women voters by double digits. his support with married women voters is solid, but if you look inside these polls, there is a drama
after that first debate, the race went from dead even to a slight but steady lead for governor romney-- though within the margin of error. but now have a look at this. the latest gallup poll out today shows he has opened a four-point lead over the president, 50% to 46%. that is outside the margin of error. so a small but genuine and growing lead. and this was surprising today. gallup shows that in the tossup states that are likely to tip the balance, romney has cut deeply into one of the...
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president obama gets high marks for last night's debate and so does mitt romney. we'll look at who is likely to get a bigger bounce from voters and we'll hear the rolling stones at the beginning of their 50 year career. but first here's a look at what's happening in the world and what we've been covering on cbs "this morning." >>> i had a question and the question was how much would you cut them by. >> you want me to answer the question. >> president obama and governor mitt romney hit each other early and often in their second debate last night. a pretty combustible mix. a president with a lot to prove. governor romney fighting to maintain his momentum. >> this is a guy whose absolutely committed to bring the middle class back and get this country on the road to recovery. >> three debates, vice president and president have not offered a single new idea about how to turn this economy around and create jobs. they haven't present ad new idea how the next four years will be any different than the last four years. >> they are calling it a museum director's worst nightm
president obama gets high marks for last night's debate and so does mitt romney. we'll look at who is likely to get a bigger bounce from voters and we'll hear the rolling stones at the beginning of their 50 year career. but first here's a look at what's happening in the world and what we've been covering on cbs "this morning." >>> i had a question and the question was how much would you cut them by. >> you want me to answer the question. >> president obama and...
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i think you have made mitt romney a pretty good debator he was not bad in these debates. >> he has gotten better because he has gotten a coach, the problem i think you will see in the next day or two it is really useful in a debate to use facts to win, and i think it is really dangerous in a debate to use nonfacts to win, because you win a tact tall victory but strategically you begin to destroy your own credibility. >> there were a couple of times during the last debate in florida where you seemed to just stop for a moment. >> i did. >> why was that? >> because what he was saying wasn't true. >> but i mean you are never at a loss for words. >> yes. i mean, look, when somebody says to you i have always voted for the republican when the opportunity existed, and larry saab toe tweets in a few minutes that what mitt said wasn't true, that, in fact he could have voted for george h.w. bush or pat buchanan when he voted in the democratic primary for paul simon, lincoln once said if a man won't agree with two plus two equals four you will never win the argument because facts don't matter. >> rom
i think you have made mitt romney a pretty good debator he was not bad in these debates. >> he has gotten better because he has gotten a coach, the problem i think you will see in the next day or two it is really useful in a debate to use facts to win, and i think it is really dangerous in a debate to use nonfacts to win, because you win a tact tall victory but strategically you begin to destroy your own credibility. >> there were a couple of times during the last debate in florida...
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his flat debate performances on his astonishment at what he called romney's dishonesty. >> now, when i say "falsehoods," i mean that both the "wall street journal" and the "national review" have said what romney's been saying about me leading the congress is false. >> reporter: his aides say there's no question the attacks have thrown gingrich off stride but, scott, his angry responses may drown out the very populist message he's trying to convey. >> pelley: dean, thank you. our cbs news political director john dickerson has been traveling the byways of florida talking to republican voters. john, what are you hearing? >> what you hear from voters, scott, is that mitt romney has sewn the seeds of doubt about newt gingrich. they worry that gingrich is too unpredictable and he'll botch the chance republicans have to beat barack obama. voters also tell you something in ma what they're not saying. last week in south carolina, voters talked about gingrich almost like a preacher in that he spoke to their conservative passion. you don't hear that as widely here in part because romney has for
his flat debate performances on his astonishment at what he called romney's dishonesty. >> now, when i say "falsehoods," i mean that both the "wall street journal" and the "national review" have said what romney's been saying about me leading the congress is false. >> reporter: his aides say there's no question the attacks have thrown gingrich off stride but, scott, his angry responses may drown out the very populist message he's trying to convey....
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the key issue for the romney-ryan ticket to make a debate about the economy and who has a plan for turning it around. when you sit down and look at the ryan budget it's a plan to turn the u.s.a. around. it's not an austerity budget. it's a growth budget. and the problem obama-biden have is they don't have a plan. all they have is attack ads and that's not going to be enough. >> schieffer: if that's the plan, jeff, let me get back to what i said at the beginning, why are we talking about medicare and not the economy? clearly that's what we taught it in the beginning they were going to talk about. the romney campaign didn't quite agree with me here. maybe they think it's medicare and not the economy now. >> i don't think they think a medicare argument is going to win the day for them, but they're more pleads it's happening now in the summer of august, than in the weeks before october, because they believe at that point, of course this is going to be rehashed and revisited in the debates, but they believe by that point, it's going to be a confused issue. it's going to be a not new information
the key issue for the romney-ryan ticket to make a debate about the economy and who has a plan for turning it around. when you sit down and look at the ryan budget it's a plan to turn the u.s.a. around. it's not an austerity budget. it's a growth budget. and the problem obama-biden have is they don't have a plan. all they have is attack ads and that's not going to be enough. >> schieffer: if that's the plan, jeff, let me get back to what i said at the beginning, why are we talking about...
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coming in to this vote mitt romney has some of the momentum after that last debate where rick santorum didn't do so well. when you talk to voters at his rallies they say they like mitt romney because they think can beat barack obama, can turn around the economy. but when you go to a santorum rally they rch more enthusiastic. voters are responding to santorum when he talks on stage and draws that clear contrast between his policies and barack obamas. so the enthusiasm feels like it's with santorum, though romney has the advantage in money, organization and ties to the state. >> jeff: john, what happens to mitt romney if he loses mitch itch-- michigan? >> it would be a near fatal blow. his campaign would be in critical condition. because he has so many advantages in michigan. he has money, his family lived here, he grew up here. he has been playing on all of those ties. so if he lost, when you talk to republican strategists they say there would be this search for somebody because they're worried that rick santorum is too conservative to win in a general election. but who would they go lo
coming in to this vote mitt romney has some of the momentum after that last debate where rick santorum didn't do so well. when you talk to voters at his rallies they say they like mitt romney because they think can beat barack obama, can turn around the economy. but when you go to a santorum rally they rch more enthusiastic. voters are responding to santorum when he talks on stage and draws that clear contrast between his policies and barack obamas. so the enthusiasm feels like it's with...
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debate. no fund-raisers, no major appearance, mostly studying. while that takes place republicans continue hammering the president on the administration's handling of the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. jan crawford is in washington and has more on that. >> reporter: to say that the stakes are high in tuesday's town hall debate could be an understatement. the president's performance in that first debate was widely criticized. romney surged in the polls and he now holds a slight lead over the president. under pressure to turn it around mr. obama will have to defend his response to last month's attack in bengal-- benghazi which killed four americans including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. the administration is under increasing criticism for initially refusing to call the attacks terrorism. in an exchange with bob schieffer on face the nation senator lindsey graham a senior member of the senate arms services committee was harsh. >> i think they have been misleading us but it finally caug
debate. no fund-raisers, no major appearance, mostly studying. while that takes place republicans continue hammering the president on the administration's handling of the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. jan crawford is in washington and has more on that. >> reporter: to say that the stakes are high in tuesday's town hall debate could be an understatement. the president's performance in that first debate was widely criticized. romney surged in the polls and he now holds a slight...
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going on between the president and governor romney over energy policy. the president has been here in iowa touting wind power. governor romney was in ohio talking about coal and the question is, anthony and gayle, does in war of words continue to escalate today and how far can it go when we've still got 2 1/2 months left in this campaign. >> that's the big questions. nancy cordes, thank u. >>> john dickerson is in washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, anthony. >> how much of a problem do you think biden's remarks are going to be for the obama campaign, john? >> well, it seemed just days ago this was going to be a substantive campaign. joe biden has caused these kinds of flaps before so they're kind of used to it at the white house. i think that this probably comes and goes like a lot of these other gap moments. it's a pain for the obama administration but i think while it gets those who are partisans on both sides in their usual fever, for most people who are undecided or who care about other issues, this is more proof that this camp
going on between the president and governor romney over energy policy. the president has been here in iowa touting wind power. governor romney was in ohio talking about coal and the question is, anthony and gayle, does in war of words continue to escalate today and how far can it go when we've still got 2 1/2 months left in this campaign. >> that's the big questions. nancy cordes, thank u. >>> john dickerson is in washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning,...
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so if he can get through this bad news, the president gets into a debate for mitt romney that might actually not be so great for mitt romney. >> one of the main rationales for conservatives and businessmen we saw during the primary debate was repeal and replace obamacare. if the supreme court strikes down the mandate and takes out the preexisting condition, you can make the argument it neutralizes it for the republicans. the president can put the onus back on mitt romney. he can say, you wanted to repeal it and replace it with. what are you going to replace it with? or you in congress are you going to move forward and protect those with preexisting conditions who can't get coverage? if there's a repealing of the mandate and if the preexisting conditionconditions are taken oe probably going to see a spike in health care premiumes, because the coverage of preventive care stays in there, the allowing of children under 26 stays in there. this is still a really interesting debate whichever way this turns out by the supreme court. >> first of all, we're kind of jumping the gun here. as i watched t
so if he can get through this bad news, the president gets into a debate for mitt romney that might actually not be so great for mitt romney. >> one of the main rationales for conservatives and businessmen we saw during the primary debate was repeal and replace obamacare. if the supreme court strikes down the mandate and takes out the preexisting condition, you can make the argument it neutralizes it for the republicans. the president can put the onus back on mitt romney. he can say, you...
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president obama led that same poll by five points before the debate. >> romney is sharpening his attacks on the president and today he'll call for changes in america's foreign policy. jan crawford is covering the romney campaign in lexington, virginia. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. romney was one of the president's critics on how he handled libya. subsequently that proved him right. the administration blamed the attacks in benghazi on a movie. romney has some strong words at a speech later this morning here in lexington. and implying some of the president's decisions were made for political reasons. in a major speech on foreign policy romney will attack mr. obama's leadership and set out his strategy, promising i'll affirm that my duty is not to my political prospects but to the security of the nation. romney will challenge the president's handling of the middle east saying it's time to change course. i know the president hopes for a safer, freer and more prosperous middle east allied with the united states. i share that hope. but hope is not a strategy. >> we'll win in f
president obama led that same poll by five points before the debate. >> romney is sharpening his attacks on the president and today he'll call for changes in america's foreign policy. jan crawford is covering the romney campaign in lexington, virginia. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. romney was one of the president's critics on how he handled libya. subsequently that proved him right. the administration blamed the attacks in benghazi on a movie. romney has some strong...
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romney is gaining ground because of his debate performance last week so now the pressure is on biden to try to stop some of the momentum or at least change the subject. appearing confident but all this, paul ryan arrived late in kentucky to crowd of well wishers. earlier in the day ryan took a break from practice sessions for ice cream and talked up the vice president's experience. >> it's a nervous situation because joe biden is one of the most experienced debaters we have in american politics but the achilles heel is president obama's history. >> reporter: one challenge for the rookie, he's going head-to-head with a season debate veteran 27 years his senior. biden is under pressure to deliver especially after the president's weak debate performance. >> as i said before, i've been in front of 70 million people. all debates are tough. >> reporter: biden has been out of state for days working in a delaware hotel with top presidential adviser david axle and chris van hollen. he's been fueling up on gatorade and animal crackers. four years ago biden's challenge was not to appear overly
romney is gaining ground because of his debate performance last week so now the pressure is on biden to try to stop some of the momentum or at least change the subject. appearing confident but all this, paul ryan arrived late in kentucky to crowd of well wishers. earlier in the day ryan took a break from practice sessions for ice cream and talked up the vice president's experience. >> it's a nervous situation because joe biden is one of the most experienced debaters we have in american...
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gingrich momentum over rick santorum who is trying to consolidate those voters who don't like mitt romney. when happens when people think about the debate is they think about that time in the fall when the republican nominee will go up against barack obama, they want gingrich in there, as one vote put it to bloody the president's nose. >> pelley: thanks very much. later in the broadcast, we will take you back to south carolina for elaine quijano's look at a controversial new rule that requires the unemployed to take any work that's available. jobs are on the minds of 18,000 people who work for eastman kodak. the storied company based in rochester, new york since 1888, filed for bankruptcy today. it plans to reorganize to stay in business. that's what formerly bankrupt general motors did, and tonight nearly three years after taxpayers rescued the company g. m. says it's back on top. new sales figures show g. m. sold more than 9 million vehicles last year, better than volkswagen or toyota. g. m. now reclaims the title of world's top selling auto company. we were surprised to hear today that
gingrich momentum over rick santorum who is trying to consolidate those voters who don't like mitt romney. when happens when people think about the debate is they think about that time in the fall when the republican nominee will go up against barack obama, they want gingrich in there, as one vote put it to bloody the president's nose. >> pelley: thanks very much. later in the broadcast, we will take you back to south carolina for elaine quijano's look at a controversial new rule that...
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they have become very pro-romney. >> that's what the 51st debate idid. you look at the national expose they're tied. if the challenger and incumbent are tied, you'd rather be the challenger. then you look at the state polls, and it doesn't seem to be that picture at all. and i think some of the state polls are badly skewed. i mean, terror one out the other day that had a democratic advantage of nine points in ohio. if that's really true, ohio would be vermont, and no one would ever campaign in ohio. it wouldn't be a battleground state. >> schieffer: let's take a quick break here and we'll come back to this in a minute. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ for real. ...that make a real difference. the data she shares from comments, reviews, and social networks tells a company what
they have become very pro-romney. >> that's what the 51st debate idid. you look at the national expose they're tied. if the challenger and incumbent are tied, you'd rather be the challenger. then you look at the state polls, and it doesn't seem to be that picture at all. and i think some of the state polls are badly skewed. i mean, terror one out the other day that had a democratic advantage of nine points in ohio. if that's really true, ohio would be vermont, and no one would ever...
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. >>> decoding the debate. as the vice presidential candidates prepare to square off tonight a new cbs news poll shows mitt romney getting a post-debate bounce in two key states. >>> rescued from the wreckage. two people are pulled to safety in the aftermath of a deadly collapse at a parking garage. >>> diamond drama. post-season baseball heats up with two fantastic finishes. this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, october 11, 2012. good morning, everybody, good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. debates between vice presidential candidates aren't supposed to matter but after president obama's poor debate performance last weeknight's faceoff between joe biden and paul ryan has turned into a high stakes affair. in colorado president obama held a slim lead in september now romney has a one-point edge. in wisconsin the president was leading by six points last month, he leads romney by just three points now. in virginia the president continues to hold on to a small lead. tara mergener is in washington followin
. >>> decoding the debate. as the vice presidential candidates prepare to square off tonight a new cbs news poll shows mitt romney getting a post-debate bounce in two key states. >>> rescued from the wreckage. two people are pulled to safety in the aftermath of a deadly collapse at a parking garage. >>> diamond drama. post-season baseball heats up with two fantastic finishes. this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, october 11, 2012. good morning,...
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but most of the shift after the first debate allowed governor romney to reclaim what he had lost after their convention, which wasn't very successful, and the 47% tape that became so well known across the country and was a negative for him. a lot of those republican-leaning independents who had moved away from him came back, so it was less about our losing ground and him gain anything it restored the race to the one we had before the conventions and the one we always anticipated, where we were narrowly ahead. we never relink wished that lead in our data, and obviously, looking state by state, we were pretty confident. what is remarkable about this race, bob, isn't the volatility of it. , or wasn't the volatility of it. there was this illusion of volatility that was created by the spate of public polls, many of which varied, even on the very same day. but in our own data, it was a very steady race. we maintained a strong-- a narrow lead but a consistent lead, really for months and months and months. and it didn't fluctuate by much. >> schieffer: we saw something when the president came
but most of the shift after the first debate allowed governor romney to reclaim what he had lost after their convention, which wasn't very successful, and the 47% tape that became so well known across the country and was a negative for him. a lot of those republican-leaning independents who had moved away from him came back, so it was less about our losing ground and him gain anything it restored the race to the one we had before the conventions and the one we always anticipated, where we were...
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it's closed-- that reflects governor romney's solid and moderate-sounding performance in the debates. and i think to the-- and also to the extent that it's closed, it reflects the larger closure of the polls and the narrowing overall, men and women, postdebate. but i would like to say i think there is still a significant gender gap. there has been a gender gap with women favoring democrats in every election since 1980. there is one now. women are a majority of the voters. and they are a majority, i think at this point, of the undecided voters. and i thought there was a very interesting number in the "wall street journal" cbs-- sorry, "wall street journal"/nbc poll the other day, "who do you trust on issues of concern to women?" 53 obama, 25 mitt romney. and i think one thing that that reflects is that kind of peripheral but debates we've had during the course of the election about both rape and contraception. and so we recently had the senate candidate from indiana, richard murdoch, making some, i think, unfortunate remarks about how if a pregnancy results from rape the woman should
it's closed-- that reflects governor romney's solid and moderate-sounding performance in the debates. and i think to the-- and also to the extent that it's closed, it reflects the larger closure of the polls and the narrowing overall, men and women, postdebate. but i would like to say i think there is still a significant gender gap. there has been a gender gap with women favoring democrats in every election since 1980. there is one now. women are a majority of the voters. and they are a...
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no, it's not mitt romney but the man the obama campaign has chosen to play mitt romney in the debate rehearsals-- senator john kerry. cbs news has confirmed today that kerry will help the president prepare for his dethree debates against romney this fall. she chose country over family. aung san suu kyi tells us why next. [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums [ dog ] we found it together.upbeat ] on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we found that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere. because that wonderful, bouncy, roll-around thing... had made you play. and that... had made you smile. [ announcer ] beneful. play. it's good for you. those surprising little still make you take notice. there are a million reasons why. but your erectile dysfunction that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right.
no, it's not mitt romney but the man the obama campaign has chosen to play mitt romney in the debate rehearsals-- senator john kerry. cbs news has confirmed today that kerry will help the president prepare for his dethree debates against romney this fall. she chose country over family. aung san suu kyi tells us why next. [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works...
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stride, he says, by what he calls mitt romney's dishonesty. maurice. >> dean reynolds in orlando tonight. thank you very much. cbs news political director john dickerson is on the campaign trail in miami. okay, john, three days to go. romney's got the momentum, gingrich seems way off balance. the exact opposite of what happened in south carolina. i mean, who could have predicted this? >> reporter: that's right. mitt romney is the one with the spring in his step now, unlike a week ago in south carolina. and gingrich is off his game. with no more debates to allow him to remind people what they liked about him-- which was that he could be a forceful advocate for their conservative cause-- he's left a complaint about romney. as a gingrich adviser put to me, what gingrich needs to do is remind people why they want to vote for newt gingrich, not why romney is bad and that message doesn't look like it's getting through. >> for gingrich, going forward, the establishment is against gaens him. he hasn't got the money. he hasn't got the organization. he
stride, he says, by what he calls mitt romney's dishonesty. maurice. >> dean reynolds in orlando tonight. thank you very much. cbs news political director john dickerson is on the campaign trail in miami. okay, john, three days to go. romney's got the momentum, gingrich seems way off balance. the exact opposite of what happened in south carolina. i mean, who could have predicted this? >> reporter: that's right. mitt romney is the one with the spring in his step now, unlike a week...
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after that debate in which governor romney had that exhaeng that didn't go so well for him on libya and they were going to press this about the president and whether he was telling the truth and misleading people. they said we have another debate coming up monday, in other words not going to talk about it in that week between the two debates. going to stick on the economy. so it's the issue of the moment because it's in the headlines but the romney campaign is not pushing it. >> why not? because they think there's no damage to be done the obama campaign? >> i think two things. one they think the biggeretter issue for them is on the economy and the argument you don't want four more years of barack obama and conventional wisdom in the press is romney lost the exchange in the debate with the president and, therefore, he's got a steeper hill to climb to try to make something of that issue. >> got a third presidential debate on monday, the one hosted by bob schieffer. what do the candidates need to do? >> i think for mitt romney he needs to look presidential on the whole range of issues. wha
after that debate in which governor romney had that exhaeng that didn't go so well for him on libya and they were going to press this about the president and whether he was telling the truth and misleading people. they said we have another debate coming up monday, in other words not going to talk about it in that week between the two debates. going to stick on the economy. so it's the issue of the moment because it's in the headlines but the romney campaign is not pushing it. >> why not?...
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either way, it's an improvement for romney who was falling well behind in ohio until last week's debate. both candidates were in ohio today where this is the last day to register to vote. our campaign 2012 correspondents reason there, too, and we'll go to nancy cordes with the obama campaign. >> reporter: scott, ohio is the grand prize for the obama campaign. they have 120 field offices here, the president has held 17 rallies in this state, more than any other state, but in the debate last week he failed to mention some major issues that are very important to ohio voters, like that auto bailout or shipping jobs overseas. that's a mistake he did not make today here in columbus. >> when you think about ohio, when governor romney said that we should let the auto industry go bankrupt we said no, we're not going to take your advice. (boos) don't boo, vote. (cheers and applause) and we reinvented a dying auto stay supports one in eight ohio jobs and has come roaring back to the top of the world. (cheers and applause) >> reporter: on deficit reduction, the president accused romney of salesmans
either way, it's an improvement for romney who was falling well behind in ohio until last week's debate. both candidates were in ohio today where this is the last day to register to vote. our campaign 2012 correspondents reason there, too, and we'll go to nancy cordes with the obama campaign. >> reporter: scott, ohio is the grand prize for the obama campaign. they have 120 field offices here, the president has held 17 rallies in this state, more than any other state, but in the debate...
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another mystery is how about governor romney sell himself. this is an opportunity for him to reintroduce him self to the country. in 1992 bill clinton totally reframed his debate, his whole campaign when he introduced himself as the man from hope. see how governor romney does that. in the end this is a long commercial for the party. so will it be selling a positive vision or will this be four days of beating up on president obama. >> jeff: john dickerson, thank you. >> two men are presumed dead tonight after being swept away in raging floodwaters in dallas last night. four inches of rain filled parking garages and turned streets into rivers. authorities continued searching for the men today. >> dallas has been the center of the latest west nile outbreaks. scientists have confirmed more than 600 cases of the virus across the nation, the most ever by early august. at least 35 people have died, 21 of them in texas. the storm that caused that flooding in dallas also kept the trucks and planes from spraying insecticide last night. they are expecte
another mystery is how about governor romney sell himself. this is an opportunity for him to reintroduce him self to the country. in 1992 bill clinton totally reframed his debate, his whole campaign when he introduced himself as the man from hope. see how governor romney does that. in the end this is a long commercial for the party. so will it be selling a positive vision or will this be four days of beating up on president obama. >> jeff: john dickerson, thank you. >> two men are...
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two debates where i had to stand up and battle and battling was fun and battling was won. >> and romney is gaining. >> the latest poll shows mitt romney with a nine-point lead over newt gingrich. >> facebook frenzy we might be getting closer to most talked about ipo in years. it could create 1,000 millionaires overnight. care to buy in and own a piece of the popular social media website? >> a call to help. demi moore's friends make a frantic call. >> she smoked marijuana, snag is not marijuana. but it is similar to it. >> take a look at what happened inside that house and what she really inhaled. and corner office crazies. you're not imagining it. there are new indications that your boss might really be off his or her rocker. >> i do this! these pens are more important. you miserable little crybaby. >> all that and all that matters and all cbs this morning saturday, january 28th, 2012. >> and that is a real guitarist. welcome to cbs this morning saturday. we're also going to get the latest on the stranded dolphins, about 100 of them washed up on the shore on cape cod. half of them were
two debates where i had to stand up and battle and battling was fun and battling was won. >> and romney is gaining. >> the latest poll shows mitt romney with a nine-point lead over newt gingrich. >> facebook frenzy we might be getting closer to most talked about ipo in years. it could create 1,000 millionaires overnight. care to buy in and own a piece of the popular social media website? >> a call to help. demi moore's friends make a frantic call. >> she smoked...
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it mattered in nevada, and romney has a strong organization going forward. >> so with no debates scheduled in the next few weeks, how does gingrich change the game heading into colorado? >> reporter: he has to do something to break back into the conversation. he's got a news conference after the results in nevada. and that might generate some news. he needs it, especially if he comes in third behind ron paul. he's trying to not only reach voters but also donors. he needs money to catch up with romney. he's been argue recently that romney's wealth makes him out of touch with people. he can't win an argument in the general election based on talking about the economy. he says romney is tied to wall street. this is a little strange because gingrich tried that gambit before. it didn't work. he was also criticized for attacking the free market. it's puzzling, but it may be all gingrich has to work with. >> john dickerson in washington, as always, thank you. later the deep freeze and deep snow that are grinding europe to a halt. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] from the soups you know and
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the romney campaign came out of that first debate in denver with a great deal of momentum and it was biden's job to be a firewall, to break that momentum, john dickerson. >> he did it for democrats. i think democrats are going to run this back on their tivos and watch the greatest hits. he touched on the 47%. he talked about detroit. he talked about the duplicity he sees in the romney campaign. president obama said his fault was that he was too polite. joe biden cannot be faulted for being too polite. there's an old line attributed to bill clinton that says the other guy can't talk if your fist is in your mouth. he wahe was interesting. i don't independents are going to like that. thithis was a message the democs will love and that will do something to stop that momentum for this campaign. >> pelley: one of the things the president was criticized for by many in the debate in denver was not bringing up that secretly recorded moment during a romney fund-raiser in which mr. romney said 47% of americans don't pay income taxes and, therefore, it was not his job to care about them. he woul
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the bad thing that happened but above all of this sniping what this moment highlights is the central debate of this campaign. the president argues that the government needs to play a larger role, creating opportunity for people to improve the economy and romney says that what his business experience tells him, by rolling back the government and freeing the private sector, that's the best way to pro create prosperity and he points to his own career at bain as proof of that. this is a fight to define mitt romney and the election. >> pelley: much more to come. john dickerson, thanks very much. that scandal involving u.s. agents and colombian prostitutes is expanding. we've learned today that three agents from the drug enforcement administration are being investigated for allegedly hiring prostitutes in cartagena. this incident is separate from the one involving secret service agents and members of the u.s. military, though it happened at the same time. now on to the facebook story. in the second day of trading, the most closely watched stock in america plunged. facebook debuted friday at $38 a
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he's really only got the debates coming up. the good news for romney is independents until the poles, he's wins those by 10 points. and the elite opinion kind of feels like he's losing it right now. when you're on the other side of elite opinion that can sometimes be a good thing because the elites are so often wrong. >> schieffer: thank you all very much for adding your insights this morning. i'll be back in a moment with final thoughts about how foreign policy often intrudes on presidential elections when we least expect it. >> schieffer: finally today, our campaigns are usually about pocketbook issues but this is not the first time an unexpected event overseas has landed smack in the middle of a hot presidential race. in 1968, embattled democrats claimed they had a plan to end the war in vietnam. but after our south vietnamese allies mysteriously pulled. out of peace talks with north vietnam, just before the election. >> the political miracle-- >> schieffer: it dashed whatever hopes democrats had for a victory and republican
he's really only got the debates coming up. the good news for romney is independents until the poles, he's wins those by 10 points. and the elite opinion kind of feels like he's losing it right now. when you're on the other side of elite opinion that can sometimes be a good thing because the elites are so often wrong. >> schieffer: thank you all very much for adding your insights this morning. i'll be back in a moment with final thoughts about how foreign policy often intrudes on...
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he's got to use this convention and the debates to change everything. obama still leads nationally in the polls. obama still leads in all of the key swing states. our own cbs news/"new york times" poll romney did have some movement after the pick of paul ryan, but he's got to be able to convince not just his base that he's been working on, but he's got to convince other voters -- swing voteres, independent voters, also women, young voteres, minorities-- outreach more and he that's use this convention to try to connect with people, specifically middle class voters. >> i think that's right, bob. they have to warm up mitt romney. the campaign knows this will be a referendum about the economy and barack obama. but that's not enough. voters need to connect with him in some way. they don't need to love him, just connect enough. podium is a message. we see a mix of 13 high-tech screens but they're wrap nade warm sort of arts and craft style. to some people that's a perfect miss of old and new. to others it's discordant, high-tech next to the warm. that's what'
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and libya attack pb with us, rob portman of ohio, helping governor romney prepare for his next debate playing the part of president obama. good morning. >> good morning, how are you? >> many people are saying in comment this morning, governor romney may have acted too early and too critical, characterizing it in a negative way when he might have been able to say something positive at that time to support the president, because americans live was at stake. the president characterized it as someone who shoots first and aims second. >> well, first the statement was made the night before we knew about the deaths of those four brave americans in libya. so it was in relationship not to what happened in libya but, of course, what happened in egypt a statement from the u.s. government. the first statement that came out, and it says, at its start, we apologize. i think most americans, charlie works look at that and say, gosh, that's not the appropriate response when your embassy is assaulted, the american flag taken down, and two islamic flags put up over american territory and lives were in j
and libya attack pb with us, rob portman of ohio, helping governor romney prepare for his next debate playing the part of president obama. good morning. >> good morning, how are you? >> many people are saying in comment this morning, governor romney may have acted too early and too critical, characterizing it in a negative way when he might have been able to say something positive at that time to support the president, because americans live was at stake. the president characterized...
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>> the debates. mitt romney would not be in this race if not for the first debate. if mitt romney should win tonight or tomorrow, he will have won not because of millions and billions in advertising, he will have won because of a debate performance. that's substance. that's what people should watch about this election cycle. >> it's incredible to me that we have that much frustration in the electorate and that much money, and this won't be a change election, which 2008 was. even the mid-terms in 2010 were a change election. how does that compute? how does that turn out that way? if barack obama is not voted out of office, then why does that happen that way, if there's that feeling of frustration? >> because we're a divided country. we really are 50/50. 1/3 are republicans, 1/3 are democrats, 1/3 are independents, but in the end, we break down 50/50 and that's the way we're going to be. >> a long night, yes or no? >> i may be watching you in the same suit and tie tomorrow morning. >> well, you look nice. >> but in the end, voters are just hoping that someone is liste
>> the debates. mitt romney would not be in this race if not for the first debate. if mitt romney should win tonight or tomorrow, he will have won not because of millions and billions in advertising, he will have won because of a debate performance. that's substance. that's what people should watch about this election cycle. >> it's incredible to me that we have that much frustration in the electorate and that much money, and this won't be a change election, which 2008 was. even the...
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romney will be doing more debate prep here in orlando. the next presidential debate is week after next. we have a vice presidential debate later this week. >> jan crawford in orlando, florida. thanks. >>> and joining us now, senior u.s. economist and from washington cbs news political director john dickerson. it is gate to have both of you with us. i want to begin with you elsen about the jobs report. how do you characterize it? >> i would characterize jobs in general remaining slow, too slow and been moving sideways on average since last year. but this was a better report. households told us we created a lot more jobs in september and not only that more people came back in the labor market to look for work. that's typically a sign of confidence on the part of households that their prospects for getting a job have improved. wages were up. the work week was longer. people were working longer hours. there were a lot of good pieces within this report. >> a number of jobs in the report were part time, two-thirds of the lower end of the unempl
romney will be doing more debate prep here in orlando. the next presidential debate is week after next. we have a vice presidential debate later this week. >> jan crawford in orlando, florida. thanks. >>> and joining us now, senior u.s. economist and from washington cbs news political director john dickerson. it is gate to have both of you with us. i want to begin with you elsen about the jobs report. how do you characterize it? >> i would characterize jobs in general...
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that's not the debate that people want. they want it forward looking. >> o'donnell: another big issue on the campaign trail is the attacks that the obama team has made on bain capital and mitt romney's record as a businessman we saw this week it got overshadowed on the focus of health care. joe biden launched this tough attack last week. let's listen. >> look, folks, we need to choose between who can be commander-in-chief, not outsourcer in chief. we need someone who creates jobs in davenport and dubuque and pittsburgh and toledo, not singapore, south korea and shanghai. (applause) >> o'donnell: you saw romney team go to the "washington post" to ask them to retract this story that started this where they put the forth reporting about how bain had led to some offshoring of jobs. is it having an effect? is the obama campaign focus on this working? >> writ large it is. it's not just bain, it's outsourcing offshoring. we can have a debate about what the difference is between that. the obama campaign believes people will comingl
that's not the debate that people want. they want it forward looking. >> o'donnell: another big issue on the campaign trail is the attacks that the obama team has made on bain capital and mitt romney's record as a businessman we saw this week it got overshadowed on the focus of health care. joe biden launched this tough attack last week. let's listen. >> look, folks, we need to choose between who can be commander-in-chief, not outsourcer in chief. we need someone who creates jobs in...
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at a rally in denver romney mentioned what everyone knows the debates have fueled his surge in the polls. >> they have super charged our campaign. >> reporter: within the final debate behind them the candidates took their arguments on the trail. romney said his new momentum has come in part because the president has no new ideas. >> he's become a president of status quo. and the policies of the president are a continuation of what we've seen over the last four years. >> reporter: to enforce that message, the main outside groups supporting romney announce ad 17.7 million dollar ad buy. >> we never go forward by settling for the status quo. >> reporter: an outside group supporting the president also unveiled a new ad hammering a line of attacks that was successful for democrats over the summer over romney's tenure of bain capital. >> mitt romney and bain capital turned it into a junk yard. >> reporter: in ohio the state that could well decide the election president obama stayed on the offensive, arguing the debates have gone well for him. >> i hope i made clear that there's a big differenc
at a rally in denver romney mentioned what everyone knows the debates have fueled his surge in the polls. >> they have super charged our campaign. >> reporter: within the final debate behind them the candidates took their arguments on the trail. romney said his new momentum has come in part because the president has no new ideas. >> he's become a president of status quo. and the policies of the president are a continuation of what we've seen over the last four years. >>...
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we have several debates coming up. do you expect we'll see a more aggressive rick santorum in these debates? a more aggressive newt gingrich and what does it ultimately mean for the contest that mitt romney needs to run? >> they need to get aggressive, especially how he runs here. newt gingrich has done the best in the debate and hasn't had the money to fight back against these ads. on television here, you see one positive newt gingrich ad and if a voter has a warm feeling about him, it's dashed in a few seconds. >> that will happen to santorum, don't you think? >> in fact, i talked to several voters at his events yesterday. we liked santorum and we heard senator paul attacking him and they thought, well, that made us think twice. >> so, your job depends on this now, john. just tell us what is going to happen, in what order. >> in what order. well, good news is you'll have three winners and they'll all declare them selves the winner and it will be santorum, romney and paul probably bunched all there at the top. >> john
we have several debates coming up. do you expect we'll see a more aggressive rick santorum in these debates? a more aggressive newt gingrich and what does it ultimately mean for the contest that mitt romney needs to run? >> they need to get aggressive, especially how he runs here. newt gingrich has done the best in the debate and hasn't had the money to fight back against these ads. on television here, you see one positive newt gingrich ad and if a voter has a warm feeling about him, it's...
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if the debate is about romney's plan and the ryan plan, that's a problem. so the romney folks are trying to keep the debate about the president's plan and then get back to talking about jobs and the economy. >> that is the big thing. i imagine the romney campaign would love to talk about jobs. how do they do that? how do they change the debate again? >> they hope that medicare runs its course. they can fight to to a duel. then they hope the economy and weak job reports continue to come back in the news. now, also they benefit from the fact that voters, they care a great deal about medicare, certain group of voters do, in florida they do more than perhaps any other state. but voters, when you talk to them, basically care about jobs. so that pressure will hopefully get the conversation from the romney perspective anyway, will get the conversation back to jobs. >> always interesting to watch. john dickerson this morning. thanks so much. >> now on to afghanistan where two more u.s. soldiers were killed on friday. this time by afghan police officers during a tra
if the debate is about romney's plan and the ryan plan, that's a problem. so the romney folks are trying to keep the debate about the president's plan and then get back to talking about jobs and the economy. >> that is the big thing. i imagine the romney campaign would love to talk about jobs. how do they do that? how do they change the debate again? >> they hope that medicare runs its course. they can fight to to a duel. then they hope the economy and weak job reports continue to...
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. >> they didn't want a debate about clint eastwood, they wanted it about mitt romney's ideas. people are talking about the bizarre clint eastwood performance. bizarre clint eastwood performance. >> it go ahead, make my soup. captioning funded by cbs >>> woel welcome to "cbs this morning," charlie rose and gail gail are off today. this is labor day -- president obama has been on the attack all weekend in key swing states. >> bill plante is in charlotte where the democratic national convention gets under way tomorrow. bill, good morning to you. >> rebecca, jeff, good morning. since the republicans ended their convention and mitt romney hit the road, the obama campaign's line of attack has played off what it charges are the republican's distortion and untruths. the campaign staff and the president himself have accused the romney campaign of outright lying. in the swing state of colorado, president obama was on offense. telling voters what they should expect from his rival's campaign. >> the other side is going to spend more money than we've ever seen in our lives with an avalanch
. >> they didn't want a debate about clint eastwood, they wanted it about mitt romney's ideas. people are talking about the bizarre clint eastwood performance. bizarre clint eastwood performance. >> it go ahead, make my soup. captioning funded by cbs >>> woel welcome to "cbs this morning," charlie rose and gail gail are off today. this is labor day -- president obama has been on the attack all weekend in key swing states. >> bill plante is in charlotte where...
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and their supporters gear up for wednesday's debate here in denver. i'm danielle nottingham. i'm have the story coming up. >> i'm matt jay blow with a man with deep ties to baseball in washington reflects on the nationals success, that story straight ahead. >> this is 9 news now. >>> a decade after a sniper attacks literallier it rise our area -- terrorize our area one of the men responsible for the violence describes himself as a moner it and shares the one
and their supporters gear up for wednesday's debate here in denver. i'm danielle nottingham. i'm have the story coming up. >> i'm matt jay blow with a man with deep ties to baseball in washington reflects on the nationals success, that story straight ahead. >> this is 9 news now. >>> a decade after a sniper attacks literallier it rise our area -- terrorize our area one of the men responsible for the violence describes himself as a moner it and shares the one
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the trick is when you go into these debates, the problem with going after mitt romney is sometimes you can hurt yourself and help other candidates who look sort of overmodulated. what the candidates try to do is present themselves as pleasant candidates. it's a very difficult balancing act in these debates which are, you know, where you only get a minute to talk. >> i want to ask you about newt gingrich. you saw him a few minutes ago he "the early show" saying his comments about food stamps and african-americans is being misinterpreted. why keep going there? race is such a sensitive issue. does this really play well? >> he really believes it. i've known newt for 25 years, and he has -- especially when he was the speaker, he really -- he really involved himself in the politics of washington, d.c. majority black city. he thought his eyes about eliminatie ining poverty were b. i think we can overreact as members of the media to statements that are made by these candidates. newt has a way of looking at poverty. it is a very legitimate way to look at it and it really has worked in terms of
the trick is when you go into these debates, the problem with going after mitt romney is sometimes you can hurt yourself and help other candidates who look sort of overmodulated. what the candidates try to do is present themselves as pleasant candidates. it's a very difficult balancing act in these debates which are, you know, where you only get a minute to talk. >> i want to ask you about newt gingrich. you saw him a few minutes ago he "the early show" saying his comments about...
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romney got momentum after that first debate people got excited on the right. that was a huge opportunity for him. but he really didn't capitalize on that with any kind of message. then he was just playing it too safe. critics say and we think about sports. almost like he was playing defense in football except he never had the lead. playing defense when he was behind. >> we go back to john dickerson. john, of all the mistakes that are now being analyzed what was the biggest mistake and also isn't it always in the end the candidate not the strategy? >> well, you know, we're in the recriminations and finger pointing stage so the list of mistakes and the claims are pretty long here. i think you're fundamentally right. this is a candidate who seemed out of place with both himself and his party, and that he seems to have been where it all settles down. these mistakes that jan talked about in misreading the polls they bought their own spin fun talked to the obama campaign they were incredibly conservative which is why in ohio on election night they were feeling great
romney got momentum after that first debate people got excited on the right. that was a huge opportunity for him. but he really didn't capitalize on that with any kind of message. then he was just playing it too safe. critics say and we think about sports. almost like he was playing defense in football except he never had the lead. playing defense when he was behind. >> we go back to john dickerson. john, of all the mistakes that are now being analyzed what was the biggest mistake and...
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obama. >> reporter: there is no debate among many conservatives that romney must be stopped. >> i'd love for someone to explain to me who can't win over 08 percent of his base. >> reporter: but that's also the bad news. they all meet their requirements. and are mostly indistinguishable on social issues. in 2008, mike huckabee benefited when social and christian conservatives lined up behind him. that just hasn't happened this time around. and as conservatives fret over what to do, there is a wider concern that they may go with hair hearts over their minds on tuesday night. spread their votes over several candidates and diminish their overall impact. dean reynolds, cbs news, des moines. >>> the virginia state attorney general has changed his mind about supporting the challenge to the stated's primary rules at least for now. newt gingrich and rick perry won't be on the ballot for virginia's march 6th primary. party says both candidates failed to submit enough qualified signatures. now he says he won't support a change for this election. >>> overseas. iran said this morning, it had suc
obama. >> reporter: there is no debate among many conservatives that romney must be stopped. >> i'd love for someone to explain to me who can't win over 08 percent of his base. >> reporter: but that's also the bad news. they all meet their requirements. and are mostly indistinguishable on social issues. in 2008, mike huckabee benefited when social and christian conservatives lined up behind him. that just hasn't happened this time around. and as conservatives fret over what to...
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gingrich relying heavily on electrifying debate performances and romney relying on an expensive ad campaign. including attack ads from romney supporters. they are so dark and menacing they have drawn fire from critics and comedians. stephen colbert accuses romney of all sorts of transgressions. >> he's mitt the ripper. >> aghh! >> reporter: on friday, colbert campaigned for herman cain. >> there are no chairs. partly for budgetary reasons, but mostly because i'll take a standing ovation any way i can get it. >> mr. colbert could not get on the ballot. i could not get off the ballot. >> and because herman cain is, indeed, still on the ballot, his candidacy here could really complicate things, because he retains some popularity, and while the candacecandidacy is considering a joke by colbert, it could be a joke for the remaining republican candidates. >> thank you, dean. >>> also in charleston, cbs news political correspondent jan crawford and political director john dickerson. >> good morning, rebecca. >> we look at these numbers. it looks like things have changed pretty tra mdramaticalla sh
gingrich relying heavily on electrifying debate performances and romney relying on an expensive ad campaign. including attack ads from romney supporters. they are so dark and menacing they have drawn fire from critics and comedians. stephen colbert accuses romney of all sorts of transgressions. >> he's mitt the ripper. >> aghh! >> reporter: on friday, colbert campaigned for herman cain. >> there are no chairs. partly for budgetary reasons, but mostly because i'll take a...
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and the candidates are preparing for the first presidential debate in denver tomorrow. mitt romney is trailing far behind in support from latino voters, and he made news on illegal immigration today. back in june, president obama announced that he would not deport illegal immigrants who came here as children with their parents. well, today romney told the "denver post": >> pelley: jan crawford is covering the romney campaign. jan, that's new. >> reporter: well, scott, this marks the first time that romney has said he's not going to take away the two-year visas from the people holding them. campaign sources say he's not going to extend them and romney said in the interview that's not going to be necessary because he's going to be offering long-term immigration reform. but in two-year visa program is popular with hispanics, that's a group that could decide the election and romney's got to make up some ground. there's a new cnn poll that has the president with 70% of the vote among hispanics compared to romney's 26%. romney is hitting the president hard on immigration. he'
and the candidates are preparing for the first presidential debate in denver tomorrow. mitt romney is trailing far behind in support from latino voters, and he made news on illegal immigration today. back in june, president obama announced that he would not deport illegal immigrants who came here as children with their parents. well, today romney told the "denver post": >> pelley: jan crawford is covering the romney campaign. jan, that's new. >> reporter: well, scott, this...